Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative: Reducing ambivalence through instructed emotion regulation.
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DOI: 10.1037/emo0000716
Abstract: Ambivalence, the simultaneous experience of positivity and negativity, is a conflicting, uncomfortable, arousing state but is a necessary catalyst for behavior change. We sought to examine whether feelings of ambivalence can be reduced using instructed… read more here.
Keywords: ambivalence; instructed emotion; emotion regulation; accentuate positive ... See more keywords